Denis O’Brien wants court to ‘censure’ two TDs

Businessman Denis O’Brien has asked the High Court to “censure” two TDs over their Dáil statements about his banking affairs and to lay down a line beyond which TDs cannot go.

He gave evidence yesterday in his action alleging Social Democrats TD Catherine Murphy and Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty “clearly disregarded” the constitutional separation of powers between parliament and the courts in their statements.

He also claims the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges (CPP) failed to “properly police” the TDs over their statements made respectively in May and June 2015, when he had ongoing proceedings against RTÉ, seeking to restrain it publishing his banking details.